About Us

We are a professional family ran business, licensed and insured company with over 25 years of experience specializing in affordable commercial and residential paving and grading services throughout the Peninsula, Able Paving and Grading is one of the few companies in the bay area with great customer service and professional workmanship on our services which include Asphalt, Concrete, Grading, Seal-Coating, Striping,Pavers, Crackseal.

We use our experience and our great equipment combined to get the job done right the first time and always remember "Any job, big or small, we are ABLE" in a timely, and cost effective manner.

Phone calls and email inquiries to obtain free esimates go directly to Owners/Family of Able Paving and Grading. We are here to assist you.

Services

New Asphalt

We provide high quality asphalt projects for big and small customers in the Bay Area together with our experience of more than 20 years.

To avoid any confusion, asphalt refers to a mixture of bitumen and mineral aggregates designed for specific paving applications. To pave a new project, requires technical expertise and controlled timelines. Just like building a new home, a good foundation is the key.

Asphalt Repair

Asphalt repairs are necessary within time as newly applied asphalt surfaces begin to wear down as they are repeatedly exposed to elements such as water, sunlight, and other chemicals. After a while the asphalt looses it natural resistance allowing it to penetrate beneath the surface.

Our team can quickly isolate these problems and make the asphalt repairs together with the proper equipment to repair small potholes on driveways.

Seal Coating

Is your asphalt driveway/parking lot looking a bit old? Our team can add seal-coating to your driveway to make a “new look” out of your driveway making your home look a whole lot different.

Adding the standard two (2) coats of seal coating, penetrates the new or old asphalt to keep moisture out and provide a maintenance seal that prolongs the life of your asphalt.

Pavers

Able Paving and Grading is committed to providing the highest quality materials and craftsmanship to design and install concrete paver patios, driveways and walkways that will add value together with an astonishing look and we will do all with a great level of customer service that is not normally found in other seal coating company like ours.

Concrete

We can provide complete service on your home or business projects from color stamped concrete patios, to walkways, and driveways, we also provide removal and replace with new concrete on existing damaged concrete.

For those of you not needing much work on your concrete driveways we also provide clean and seal of your existing driveways for a “wet-look”.

Crack Sealing

Water is one of the most destructive elements to pavement. Because cracks in asphalt are inevitable and the cost of neglecting them is high, Able Paving and Grading uses several cost-effective maintenance methods to protecting your asphalt. One of those methods is called crack-sealing.

Cracking in asphalt pavement occurs when traffic and temperature fluctuations strains that somewhat-elastic pavement cannot accommodate. Preventative maintenance can help extend the life of the road and create a smoother surface with big cracks. Crack-sealing helps prevent water out to prevent the crack from getting bigger in width and in depth.

Grading

The key factors in asphalt durability are grading and compaction. The basic parking lot should always drain the water off and be able to withstand the traffic it was designed for that is why grading has a big part on your pavements.

Able Paving And Grading together with its team are known for dedication to all of these jobs with precise measurings according to your City’s/County’s standards for fast inspection approvals.

FAQs

Much like paint, sealer applied in two coats dries and cures much better than one thick coat application. Remember sealers are water-based coatings, which cure through the process of water release (evaporation). A thin coat will release water much faster than a thick coat. If applied in one thick coat, sealer will have tendency to hold water and stay soft for a longer period of time, possibly causing tracking.

Appearance is only part of the benefits. The sole purpose of sealcoating is to protect and preserve the asphalt. One coat will possibly provide only half of the protection and wear out in less than half the time. You will have to sealcoat more frequently if you use only one coat. This will also be more costly since labor costs for cleaning and surface-prep do not change for a two-coat application.

Peeling problems may be caused by couple different things one being it was not the proper temperature as if too cold the sealer will not stick properly. Also, may be caused by sealer not bonding to oil spots or any other surface contaminants like dirt, grease, etc. or oxidized pavements. All the areas should be throughly cleaned; oil spots shall be burned with a torch to remove them, then primed with specialty primers.

It is usually an adhesion problem. The surface aggregates in these areas become smooth (polished) over the years of usage and since traffic lanes, entrances, and exits are higher traffic volume this is just a sign of wearing out. (For any coating, including sealcoatings, to bond properly, it is imperative that surface should be sufficiently rough).

You can start parking your cars on a hot day the same afternoon the sealcoating has been done. We normally recommend what we require for cold days which is not parking over night, just approximately 10 hours from finishing the sealcoating.

You can add seal-coating the day after on a piece of new asphalt only when it is an area smaller than 10x30. For areas bigger "parking lots" it is best to wait 90 days for the asphalt to cure prior to adding sealcoating.